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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointments to State Boards (2 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the percentage of vacant positions on State boards under the aegis of his Department that were filled from the panels created through open application by the Public Appointments Service by year from 2011 to date in 2014. [37496/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Appointments to State Boards (2 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 210. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide in tabular form the percentage of vacant positions on state boards under the aegis of her Department that were filled from the panels created through open application by the Public Appointments Service, by year, from 2011 to date in 2014. [37483/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (1 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if any of the programmes in Ireland’s Youth Guarantee implementation plan will meet European Social Fund eligibility criteria; if so, if she will provide a list of the programmes accepted. [37360/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (1 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the full annual cost of the Youth Guarantee implementation plan programmes for 2014 and 2015; and a breakdown of the different funding sources and amounts to include the youth employment Initiative and Exchequer moneys. [37361/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (1 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 185. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Ireland has signed up to the European Commission's 2020 climate and energy package's targets; the target values both interim and for 2020; if he will confirm that Ireland can and will meet these target values; if not, the reduced value target that will be met; and the fines or penalties attached to not meeting the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Growth and Job Creation in Town and Village Centres: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: A number of briquettes are found on this side of the Border-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Growth and Job Creation in Town and Village Centres: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: -----which were sold into the North under a different tax band.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Growth and Job Creation in Town and Village Centres: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: This committee is developing a report on all-Ireland trade, which will focus, in particular, on some of the barriers to that trade. It would be helpful if the delegates would submit some of the points they have raised today for consideration in that context. As I said, one of the focuses of our report will be the challenges that arise in respect of cross-Border trade. There are competitive...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Growth and Job Creation in Town and Village Centres: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: They are more likely to be located in the towns than at the out-of-town centres.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Growth and Job Creation in Town and Village Centres: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: There is no doubt about that but many people do their initial research on the style and cost of the product online before they go into the store. Do the witnesses not feel that the supply side of the construction industry is one of the major stumbling blocks to growth because credit is a problem for anybody who needs to get the necessary capital to develop a site? Planning permissions may...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Growth and Job Creation in Town and Village Centres: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I understand those concerns but I feel citizens should have as much control over spending the cash as possible. The other two areas of great opportunity to the construction sector, which affect the witnesses' areas, are the retrofitting of insulation and renewable energy. The Government has programmes for delivery in these areas but I would argue that they are not significant enough. What...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Growth and Job Creation in Town and Village Centres: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I am disappointed that only four Oireachtas Members were present to hear the fantastic presentation. It is important to try to motivate the rest of the membership of the committee to ensure they attend these meetings and do so to the end. To add to the comments made by Deputy Lyons, e-commerce is a massive issue. The level of transfer from traditional retail to e-commerce on an annual...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Growth and Job Creation in Town and Village Centres: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: What is the legal situation with barbers providing alcohol?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Growth and Job Creation in Town and Village Centres: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: It does happen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Growth and Job Creation in Town and Village Centres: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Roughly how many people are in apprenticeships?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Growth and Job Creation in Town and Village Centres: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas leis na toscairí as a gcur i láthair suimiúil os ár gcomhair inniu. The pub industry is a significant element of the Irish economy, social fabric, health and the law and order system. Public policy has resulted in a proliferation of alcohol on sale at petrol stations and supermarkets over recent years which has had a negative effect on the four...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (30 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Yes, it is just to get further information on what amendments have been sought.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (30 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 131. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the number of persons in County Meath whose rent supplement payment has been withdrawn from 2011 to date; the number of instances where the withdrawal of the payment was as a result of a recipient paying a cash balance higher than the supplement threshold amount towards their rent; the number of recipients the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (30 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 137. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the roll out of the youth guarantee; if she will provide in tabular form a list of programmes and the corresponding numbers of places to date that have been filled on each programme; and if the targeted 28,000 places for 2014 will be filled by year end. [36552/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Employment Investment Incentive Scheme (30 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 182. To ask the Minister for Finance to state the level of investment that has been generated through the employment and investment incentive on an annual basis, the number of enterprises that have benefitted, the number of jobs that have been created and the cost to the Exchequer. [36623/14]